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“I've seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage -- leverage being borrowed money. You really don't need leverage in this world much. If you're smart, you're going to make a lot of money without borrowing.”

People Ifs World Needs Failing This World Smart Investing Lots Of Money Liquor Borrowed Borrowing Buffets Investing Money Borrowed Money

Author:Warren Buffett

“I've seen my family work so hard and come up, and I've seen it all get taken away. I had to man up, and part of that was sleeping in my car, getting an apartment for a month, and getting evicted the next month. Staying in the $25 - $35 hotels. I just never panicked. I stayed focused and I never surrendered.”

Men Hard Next Sleep Taken Car Months My Family Come Up Focused Hotel Staying Apartment Sleeping In Never Surrender

Author:DJ Khaled

“I've seen my friends take someone back after they've cheated because they fit perfectly.”

Fit My Friends Cheated

Author:Taylor Swift

“I've seen my kids' work at school, and I think they're better than when I was young, 'cause I was brainwashed into anti-Communism. This is a much more interesting view of history than I've ever seen, and I hope to God it works. It's classic history, classically told. No talking heads. Just pure archival footage and a storyline.”

Thinking Kids School Young Causes Interesting Views Talking Pure Communism Classic Working It Brainwashed Storyline Talking Heads Anti Communism

Author:Oliver Stone

“I've seen my own death in dreams like this and it's helped me appreciate life more. I've also seen my own life in dreams and it's helped me appreciate death more.”

Dream My Own Appreciate My Own Life Appreciate Life

Author:Marilyn Manson

“I've seen my own films close to a thousand times in one form or another. When you edit them. When you shoot them. Then you run them over and over again for sound and music. Then you'd go to premiere screenings, and have to do promotional screenings in other cities. I can't watch any of my old films.”

I Can Running Film Form Sound My Own Cities Watches Thousand Edits Screening Premieres Sound And Music

Author:William Friedkin

“I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.”

Want Kids Mother My Own Ups & Downs

Author:JoBeth Williams

“I've seen my performances. I don't like them.”

Performances

Author:Don Ameche

“I've seen my whole family struggle, with money, with relationships, with alcohol, and I thought there must be a better way. As you mature, you realize you don`t choose your parents. It`s not your fault what they do and you should not be ashamed.”

Way Should Whole Parent Realizing Struggle Faults Alcohol Ashamed Mature Better Ways Whole Family

Author:Kellie Pickler

“I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top athlete will see something that they are very proud of. All my injuries will attest to the fact that besides being a musician, it comes down to being an athlete.”

Thinking Facts Would Be Stuff Stage Proud Musician Athlete Being True Injury

Author:Paul Stanley

“I've seen neighborhoods that I would have never driven though because I'm riding my bike, because I'm looking for side roads, looking for maybe more hills or less hills depending if I'm exercising or not. You see a lot more, and you get the flow of a city a lot more.”

Ifs Sides Cities Exercise Flow Driven Hills Neighborhood Riding Bike

Author:Stone Gossard

“I've seen nerdists make tributes to their obsessions out of Legos that are like works of art. It just goes to show you how pervasive this stuff has become in our culture. It really is an ideology that you can subscribe to now.”

Art Shows Culture Stuff Obsession Ideology Works Of Art Tribute Legos

Author:Chris Hardwick

“I've seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn't occurred to me to take any of those stories and build on them. They seem very finished for me, so I don't feel like going back and dredging them up.”

Feels Stories Seems Novel Finished Collections Dredging

Author:Jhumpa Lahiri

“I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.”

People Knows Believe Ideas Enough Dies Easy Interest Dying Don't Believe I've Learned Heroism One Love Plague

Author:Albert Camus

Source: The Plague

“I've seen optimism because I grew up in communities of recovery where people put their lives back together and find tomorrows that they didn't think would be there. That fundamentally changed my life and is so much of where my hope comes from.”

People Thinking Together Community Changed Tomorrow Optimism Recovery Changed My Life

Author:Deray McKesson

“I've seen over and over how much self-belief drives outcomes. And that's why I force myself to sit at the table, even when I am not sure I belong there - and yes, this still happens to me. And when I'm not sure anyone wants my opinion, I take a deep breath and speak up anyway.”

Want Stills Self Happens Belief Speak Force Opinion Breaths Tables Outcomes Not Sure Graduation Deep Breath Belief In Self Take A Deep Breath

Author:Sheryl Sandberg

“I've seen people in theaters, and it just doesn't work, because you're talking to the guy next to you the whole time.”

People Whole Guy Next Talking Theater

Author:Norm MacDonald

“I've seen people recover physical abilities, yet never get over emotional trauma after a serious accident. I've seen other people overcome the psychological and emotional trauma of a serious illness even though they may never fully regain their physical capabilities. Which is the greater healing? Which is the better recovery? If I had the option of choosing between a mediocre life with eyesight or the life I have today, even though I am blind, I'd stay blind and keep the life I have.”

“I've seen people spend days, if not months, researching and gathering data, but only at the end did they finally figure out what they were really looking for; then they have to redo a lot of stuff. If after a day or so you force yourself to put together your tentative conclusions, then you'll have guidance for the rest of your research.”

People Ifs Ends Together Force Stuff Figures Months Research Conclusion Data Guidance Gathering Redos Gathering Data

Author:Robert Pozen

“I've seen people talk about how they stopped polio, that was a generation that came together and said, "Let's do this." I think in the AIDS community we've become so complacent in that, it's like we just plateaued... We've completely neglected a whole young generation that is now highly infected.”

People Thinking Said Whole Together Young Community Generations Aids Neglected Complacent Polio Young Generation

Author:Charlize Theron

“I've seen people that are extremely brilliant and they don't have the staying power. They don’t have that never give up quality. I've always said that other than bad ideas, which is a reason for failure, the ability to never ever quit or give up is something that is very, very important for success as an entrepreneur.”

People Giving Said Important Ideas Reason Ability Quality Giving Up Entrepreneur Brilliant Quitting Staying Never Giving Up Bad Ideas Staying Power

Author:Donald Trump

“I've seen people that don't treat their animals well and yet their animals are still just as loving to them even though they're not treated that well. It's very hard to find that kind of loyalty and love and affection in human beings.”

People Humans Wells Kind Stills Hard Human Beings Animal And Love Treats Affection Loyalty Treated Love And Affection Love And Loyalty

Author:Dick Van Patten

“I've seen people that get onstage and sing while they have tears running down their face - I can't do that. When I cry, it starts like in my throat, so when I have something that's really emotional, sometimes if I access that too much, I can't finish the song.”

People Ifs I Can Sometimes Running Faces Song Too Much Cry Tears Emotional Access Throat

Author:Carrie Underwood

“I've seen people twitter in haiku only.”

People Haiku

Author:Biz Stone

“I've seen people wearing clothes that don't look good on them, but they're really loving those clothes and the experience of wearing those clothes. Fine. At the end of the day, it's fashion.”

People Looks Ends Fashion Fine Clothes The End Of The Day

Author:Ian Astbury

“I've seen people who are not very likeable but hilarious. I think comedians get to a point where they know they're funny, so they don't care - in the sense that they know what they're doing. They have a skill.”

People Thinking Knows Care Skills Don't Care Comedian Likeable

Author:Ted Alexandro

“I've seen people who don't have deals get features from people that labels can't even get features from, because you gotta show face and be in-tune with these guys who still have that independent mind set as far how you hustle yourself. Because they only really care at the end of the day about the dollas.”

People Mind Stills Ends Shows Care Faces Guy Deals Independent Labels Features The End Of The Day Tunes Hustle Mind Set

Author:Kid Ink

“I've seen people who have been coming to my shows for 25 years.”

People Years Has Beens Shows

Author:Charley Pride

“I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear.”

People Ifs Shows Film Clear Stage Empty Editors Stink Manipulative

Author:D. B. Sweeney

“I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and I've seen people with no education in the field turn out to be people that I admire quite a bit”

People Turns Actors Bits Education Fields Amount Educational Backgrounds Admire Good Actors Educational Background

Author:Ron Silver

“I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of great theater. Translating this ineffability into printable prose is a challenge that can never be fully met.”

Way Play Moving Challenges Mystery Mets Theater Mess Prose Translate Brethren

Author:Ben Brantley

“I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.”

Way Want Ethics Plenty Work Ethic

Author:Marcus Giles

“I've seen plenty of films where the projector broke. The problems that we have in the digital age are exactly the same as we had. Instead of, 'There's a hair in the gate,' it's, 'The computer ate the footage.' There will always be things like that going on. Nothing is perfect.”

Problem Age Film Perfect Hair Computer Plenty Broke Digital Gates Digital Age Projectors Nothing Is Perfect

Author:Joss Whedon

“I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.”

Ifs Prayer Praying Answered Prayers Praying For You

Author:Anne Lamott

“I've seen pretty clear, ever since I was a young un, as religion's something else besides notions. It isn't notions sets people doing the right things--it's feelings. It's the same with the notions in religion as it is with math'matics--a man may be able to work problems straight off in's head as he sits by the fire and smokes his pipe; but if he has to make a machine or a building, he must have a will and a resolution, and love something else better than his own ease.”

People Ifs Men May Feelings Problem Able Young Clear Fire Building Machines And Love Notion Math Smoke Ease Right Thing Resolution Pipe Doing The Right Thing

Author:George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot

“I've seen productions where it feels like the actors are just tired and want to go home. That is one of the challenges doing theater - especially a long production - how to keep it alive for yourself and the audience.”

Want Feels Long Home Actors Challenges Audience Alive Theater Tired Productions

Author:Gillian Anderson

“I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.”

Opinion Fire Wind Public Opinion

Author:Rachel Field

“I've seen quite a bit of the world, but I really like Sweden and feel like I could live there some day.”

World Feels Bits Sweden

Author:Juliana Hatfield

“I've seen racism in my audiences. For example, I've seen people laugh at every other group, but then clam up when it comes to their community. You can't laugh at everyone else and then not laugh at yourself. You shouldn't be at my show if you can't laugh at yourself.”

People Ifs Shows Community Audience Laughing Groups Example Racism Laugh At Yourself Clams

Author:Russell Peters

“I've seen rock stars agonize over the fact that another artist has far more Facebook 'likes' and Twitter followers than they do.”

Facts Artist Stars Rocks Likes Followers Rock Star

Author:Neil Strauss

“I've seen schizophrenics who are so hopeless, you couldn't cheer them, and their lives are miserable and they end up as suicides. That's not right.”

Ends Suicide Miserable Hopeless Cheer

Author:Jack Kevorkian

“I've seen so many beautiful curvy women gain success in hollywood and then wither into bobble headed stick figures in some grotesque attempt to fit a revolting hollywood trend. I like real women, not the broomsticks that Hollywood has been selling lately.”

Has Beens Real Beautiful Figures Fit Gains Hollywood Sticks Selling Trends Grotesque Curvy Real Women Broomsticks Curvy Women

Author:Matthew Gray Gubler

“I've seen so many cases where lives have been transformed for the good and heard so many stories about this. The technique of Transcendental Meditation really works for the human being.”

Humans Has Beens Stories Human Beings Cases Meditation Heard Technique Transformed Transcendental Transcendental Meditation

Author:David Lynch

“I've seen so many horrible and awful results and consequences of people practicing alcoholism. It's murder, I've seen that. I've seen a lot of suicides, a lot of strange sins.”

People Sin Results Strange Consequence Murder Suicide Horrible Awful Alcoholism

Author:Malachy McCourt

“I've seen so many lives turn around from the impossible. I have come to embrace the idea that even the simplest act of understanding, love and attention can produce the biggest results.”

Ideas Turns Understanding Results Attention Impossible Produce Embrace Simplest Understanding Love

Author:Alicia Keys

“I've seen so many of my friends and collaborators struggle and face the challenge of feeling like what they're working so hard to create and put into the world isn't important or appreciated... it's like being in love with someone who won't give you the time of day.”

World Giving Important Hard Feelings Faces Challenges Struggle My Friends Appreciated Being In Love Collaborators Time Of Day Working So Hard

Author:Kate Brown

“I've seen so many people in my life struggle tremendously to fit into those boxes or to live up to those expectations or pressures put upon them by whatever society's concept of 'normal' is. I get frustrated by rules and regulations. I'm frustrated by things that are exclusive to one particular life choice.”

People Choices Struggle Particular Fit Normal Expectations Concepts Pressure Boxes Regulation Frustrated Exclusive Life Choices Life Struggle Rules And Regulations

Author:Jennifer Westfeldt

“I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.”

People Made Play Benefits Fortune Broke Jimmy Dean

Author:Jimmy Dean

“I've seen so many period pieces in my life, I really enjoy them so much, a lot of my favorite movies are period pieces.”

Enjoy Pieces Periods My Favorite

Author:Alexis Bledel

“I've seen so many thousands of hands that I am just going to be right more often than most people.”

People Hands

Author:Daniel Negreanu

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